Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Dartford Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
7,286 approved · 1,107 refused · 400 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Sept 2014 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
10 Woodward Terrace Horns Cross Greenhithe Kent DA9 9DD
Received 11 Nov 2020133 Main Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HQ
Received 9 Nov 2020133 Main Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HQ
Received 9 Nov 2020133 Main Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HQ
Received 9 Nov 2020Charthurst Crayburne Southfleet Kent DA13 9PB
Received 11 Nov 20209A Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HS
Received 12 Nov 20209A Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HS
Received 12 Nov 20202 Masthead Close Dartford Kent DA2 6QF
Received 12 Nov 2020UCC Coffee Riverside Way Dartford Kent DA1 5BS
Received 12 Nov 20209A Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HS
Received 12 Nov 2020Former The Foresters 235 High Road Wilmington Kent
Received 10 Nov 2020Milestone House Milestone Road Dartford Kent DA2 6DN
Received 12 Nov 20202 Masthead Close Dartford Kent DA2 6QF
Received 12 Nov 2020Land At Princes Road Outside 2 Olive Road Dartford
Received 12 Nov 2020148 Attlee Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5DZ
Received 12 Nov 2020Plot E10 Edisons Park Bridge Close Dartford
Received 12 Nov 2020DPD Littlebrook DC2 Shield Road Dartford Kent DA1 5UR
Received 13 Nov 202010 The Chenies Wilmington Kent DA2 7NP
Received 13 Nov 202022 The Green Darenth Kent DA2 6JS
Received 13 Nov 202076 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HG
Received 13 Nov 202033 Faesten Way Bexley Kent DA5 2JB
Received 13 Nov 20206 Elm Road Horns Cross Greenhithe Kent DA9 9DL
Received 13 Nov 202075 Highcross Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9PH
Received 16 Nov 2020122 Hawley Road Dartford Kent DA1 1PA
Received 16 Nov 2020Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Dartford Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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